St Mary's Catholic High School is a secondary school located in Leyland. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 22/06/2016. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.8%, which is 0.8 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Royal Avenue, Leyland, PR25 1BS
Website: http://lsmchs.com/
Telephone: 01772421909
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Phil Thompson
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 119816

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 22/06/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 830
Number of Pupils: 759
Number of Boys: 380
Number of Girls: 379

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 12.8% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.27 Confidence interval -0.51 to -0.03
Of the 109 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 106 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:33%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:97%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:39%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:43.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.73
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Seven Stars Primary School
Peacock Hall Road , PR25 1TD 		3out of 4 622 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Anne's Catholic Primary School
Slater Lane , PR25 1TL 		2out of 4 650 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Woodlea Junior School
Woodlea Road , PR25 1JL 		3out of 4 714 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Leyland St Andrew's Church of England Infant School
Woodlea Road , Leyland PR25 1JL 		3out of 4 720 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Northbrook Primary Academy
Bannister Drive , PR25 2GB 		- not rated 1,340 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Mary's Catholic High School
Royal Avenue , PR25 1BS 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Academy@Worden
Westfield Drive , PR25 1QX 		3out of 4 988 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Wellfield Academy
Yewlands Drive , PR25 2TP 		2out of 4 1,358 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Balshaw's Church of England High School
Church Road , PR25 3AH 		4out of 4 1,746 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Runshaw College
Langdale Road , PR25 3DQ 		- not rated 1,582 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Golden Hill Pupil Referral Unit
Earnshaw Drive , PR25 1QS 		4out of 4 1,442 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Aurora Brambles School
159 Longmeanygate , Midge Hall PR26 7TB 		- not rated 2,659 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Roselyn House School
Moss Lane, Off Wigan Road , PR25 4SE 		- not rated 3,015 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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